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See also:ENTABLATURE (See also:Lat. in, and tabula, a tablet) , the architectural See also:term for the superstructure carried by the columns in the classic orders (q.v.) . It usually consists of three members, the See also:architrave (the supporting member carried from See also:column to column, See also:pier or See also:wall) ; the See also:frieze (the decorative member) ; andthe See also:cornice (the projecting and protective member) . Sometimes the frieze is omitted, as in the See also:entablature of the See also:portico of the See also:caryatides of the See also:Erechtheum . There is every See also:reason to believe that the frieze did not exist in the archaic See also:temple of See also:Diana at See also:Ephesus; and it is not found in the Lycian tombs, which are reproductions in the See also:rock of See also:timber structures based on See also:early Ionian See also:work . |
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